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Improving the hospital ‘soundscape’ : a framework to measure individual perceptual response to hospital sounds
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MacKrill, James B., Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.) and Cain, Rebecca (2013) Improving the hospital ‘soundscape’ : a framework to measure individual perceptual response to hospital sounds. Ergonomics, Volume 56 (Number 11). pp. 1687-1697. doi:10.1080/00140139.2013.835873 ISSN 0014-0139.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2013.835873
Abstract
Work on the perception of urban soundscapes has generated a number of perceptual models which are proposed as tools to test and evaluate soundscape interventions. However, despite the excessive sound levels and noise within hospital environments, perceptual models have not been developed for these spaces. To address this, a two-stage approach was developed by the authors to create such a model. First, semantics were obtained from listening evaluations which captured the feelings of individuals from hearing hospital sounds. Then, 30 participants rated a range of sound clips representative of a ward soundscape based on these semantics. Principal component analysis extracted a two-dimensional space representing an emotional–cognitive response. The framework enables soundscape interventions to be tested which may improve the perception of these hospital environments.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Psychoacoustics, Sound, Hospital wards | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Ergonomics | ||||
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0014-0139 | ||||
Official Date: | 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 56 | ||||
Number: | Number 11 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1687-1697 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/00140139.2013.835873 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Funder: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Warwick Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre (IMRC) |
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